COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) Democrats Should Worry that Biden-Harris Gaza Policy Will Lose Votes in Must-Win Battleground States

Richard Eskow, host and managing editor of "The Zero Hour" and the lead writer for Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. He recently wrote the piece "Dems Are Afraid Gaza Will Cost Them the Election. They’re Not Afraid Enough." He discusses the Biden/Harris administration's position on Israel's savage war in Gaza and how it may impact the turnout of voters Kamala Harris needs to win the battleground states essential for an electoral college victory. He'll also assess Kamala's move to the center on a host of issues during this campaign, and what progressive activists must do if she wins to advocate and agitate to support progressive policy initiatives.

2) Trump's Misogyny and Role in Eliminating Reproductive Rights Have Made Women's Votes Pivotal in Determining Presidential Election Winner

Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon.com, author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters…" and publishes the biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only. She'll discuss election issues including the critical role the gender gap will play in the election outcome, and the long-term post-election damage we can expect from Trump's toxic, hateful message targeting immigrants and the trans community.

3) Disinformation Floods US Election Campaign Fueling Distrust in Government and Inciting Violence

Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of digital justice and civil rights with the media democracy group Free Press, discusses the important issues examined in Free Press' recent reports on how social media platforms have degraded or abandoned content moderation, creating an environment that could fuel the spread of dangerous disinformation before and after the November 5th election, which could lead to deepening distrust in the electoral process and violence. She'll also explore policies Free Press has researched that could be implemented to better control the spread of both misinformation and disinformation adjacent to future elections and public health crises/ pandemics.

4) Election Outcome will Decide Future of Social Security and Medicare

Alex Lawson Executive Director of Social Security Works talks about his work ahead of the election to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, with a focus on opposing Trump - GOP proposed cuts to benefits, and support for updating the Social Security COLA formula, V.P. Harris' proposal to expand Medicare to cover long-term care at home, and provide Medicare more power to negotiate lower drug prices.

COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) Media's Credulous Coverage of Trump's Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice

Chris Lehmann, DC Bureau chief for The Nation magazine and a contributing editor at The Baffler discusses his recent article, "The Press Needs to Start Taking Trump Literally," addressing the media's coverage of Trump's unhinged and dangerous comments pronouncing January 6th as "a day of love," calls to use the US military to round up his political enemies, and his admiration of Adolph Hitler.

2) Michelle Obama Powerfully Addresses What's at Stake for Reproductive Rights in US Election

An excerpt of former First Lady Michelle Obama's speech delivered in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 26th, where she powerfully spoke about the issue of reproductive rights and what's at stake in the 2024 election -- directly addressing the urgency of the issue for men, who's wives, sisters, mothers, cousins, aunts and girlfriends' lives are jeopardized by Trump's abortion ban.

3) New Book 'Vigilante Nation' Describes MAGA's State Based Attack on Democracy

David Noll, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development and a Professor of Law at Rutgers University, who discusses his new book, "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy," co-written with UCLA professor of law Jon Michaels, which examines Trump/Republican election denialism, xenophobia and embrace of political violence in the 2024 election campaign.

4) If Kamala Wins, Trump-GOP Have a Plan to Subvert Election Outcome

Teddy Wilson, a journalist and researcher on the U.S. radical right discusses the threat posed to the 2024 presidential election by Republican operatives, including the American First Legal Foundation, that are filing multiple lawsuits and laying the groundwork to challenge county and state election outcomes if Trump loses, as well as sowing chaos with plans to delay the certification of election results.

1) Trump's Fascist Threats Increase as 2024 Campaign Nears End

Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of "How Fascism Works," talks about his newest book, "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite The Past To Control The Future," and the threat posed to democracy by Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the 2024 election and beyond.

2) Israel Appears to Be Provoking War with Iran that Could Draw In U.S.

Josh Ruebner, Adjunct Lecturer at Georgetown University's Justice and Peace Studies program, and author of "Shattered Hopes: Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace," discusses the ramifications of Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the rising death toll in Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Biden/Harris administration calling for an end to Israel's Gaza war, and ongoing concern about a war with Iran involving the U.S. and a wider regional Middle East war.

3) Rev. Dr. William Barber on the intersection between Faith and Social Justice

Excerpt of a speech by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign, made at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana on April 6, 2024. In the speech Rev. Barber talks about the intersection between faith and morality, and the issues of labor rights, universal health care, reproductive rights, immigration and income inequality.

4) Naming 7 Corporations Undermining Democracy Worldwide

Olivia Rosane, a staff writer with Common Dreams, discusses her recent article, "Meet the 7 Corporations Doing the Most to Undermine Democracy Worldwide," touching on the role of corporate America in shaping our politics and elections after the SCOTUS Citizens United ruling in 2010.